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  1. MEMORIAL SERVICES IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES AND TRIBUTES IN EULOGY OF LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON, LATE A PRESIDENT... by 1st Session..House Document No. 93-11 93d Congress, 1973-01-01
  2. Lyndon Baines Johnson: late a president of the United States: memorial services by Congress, 1973-01-01
  3. MEMORIAL SERVICES IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES & TRIBUTES IN EULOGY OF LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON Late a President of the United States (ASSOCIATION COPY) by Multiple Contributors, 1973-01-01
  4. Lyndon B. Johnson: Thirty-sixth President 1963-1969 (Getting to Know the Us Presidents) by Mike Venezia, 2007-09
  5. Lyndon B. Johnson: The American Presidents Series: The 36th President, 1963-1969 by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Sean Wilentz, et all 2010-06-02
  6. Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President by Robert Dallek, 2004-01-08
  7. Lone Star Rising: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1908-1960 Volume 1 by Robert Dallek, 1991-08-15
  8. Johnson's War/Johnson's Great Society: The Guns and Butter Trap by Jeffrey W. Helsing, 2000-08-30
  9. LBJ by Randall Woods, 2007-11-01
  10. Master of the Senate: The Years of LBJ, Vol. III by Robert A. Caro, 2009-07-22

61. LBJ Speeches Online First | CNET News.com
Reviewers ogled over a 591page, $30 book released last month containing detailed transcripts of conversations taped by president lyndon baines johnson during his first year of office. News.com
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62. Lyndon Baines Johnson, The 36th President Of The United States
Detailed biography from Texas Trails. Also includes each of johnson's State of the Union addresses.Category Kids and Teens School Time johnson, lyndon baines...... Bird, born in 1944, and Luci baines, born in and derisively tagged him Landslidelyndon. Although challenged johnson moved quickly into the Senate hierarchy.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson became the 36th president of the United States on the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November 1963. A skilled promoter of liberal domestic legislation, he was also a staunch believer in the use of military force to help achieve the country's foreign policy objectives. His escalation of American involvement in the Vietnam War eroded his popular standing and led to his decision not to run for reelection to the presidency in 1968. Early Life Johnson was born on Aug. 27, 1908, near Johnson City , Tex., the eldest son of Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah Baines Johnson. His father, a struggling farmer and cattle speculator in the hill country of Texas, provided only an uncertain income for his family. Politically active, Sam Johnson served five terms in the Texas legislature. Lyndon's mother had varied cultural interests and placed high value on education; she was fiercely ambitious for her children. Johnson attended public schools in Johnson City and received a B.S. degree from Southwest Texas State Teachers College in San Marcos. He then taught grade school for a year in Cotulla before going to Washington in 1931 as secretary to a Democratic Texas congressman, Richard M. Kleberg.

63. Johnson, Lyndon Baines. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
johnson, lyndon baines. 1908–73, 36th president of the United States (1963–69
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64. Lyndon B. Johnson - 35th President Of The United States
Genealogy. Brian Tompsett’s us president genealogy page. Miscellaneous. LyndonBaines johnson Library and Museum – Austin, Texas.
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PRESIDENTS HOME PAGE Lyndon B. Johnson 35th President Birth: August 27, 1908 at Gillespie County, Texas as Lyndon Baines Johnson Birthplace information from American Presidents.org Stonewall, Texas website Birthsite from National Park Service Death : January 22, 1973 at Gillespie County, Texas Gravesite information from American Presidents.org Picture of Grave Biographies Grolier online biography White House biography Congressional biography Biography from infoplease.com ... Biography from the University of Groningen Books and Other Media LBJ : A Life Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream LBJ - A Biography – VHS Tape Lone Star Rising : Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1908-1960 ... Search for books about Lyndon B. Johnson Cabinet/Staff List by infoplease.com Dean Rusk - Secretary of State Robert McNamara - Secretary of Defense Election Results/Presidential Campaign Opponent: Barry Goldwater (R) Election 1964 Campaign and Election History "Daisy Girl" television ad ... Goldwater campaign memorabilia Events during Johnson’s administration and lifetime Outline of events during Johnson’s administration Naval Service Civil Rights Movement Civil Rights Act of 1964/Voting Rights Act of 1965 ... Vietnam War First lady and family Lady Bird Johnson biography from the White House Pictures of Lady Bird Johnson from the Library of Congress Genealogy Brian Tompsett’s US President genealogy page Miscellaneous Lyndon B. Johnson page from C-SPAN

65. Johnson, Lyndon Baines: Presidency
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Johnson lost the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination to John F. Kennedy , but accepted Kennedy's offer of the vice-presidential position. Elected with Kennedy, he energetically supported the President's programs, serving as an American emissary to nations throughout the world and as chairman of the National Aeronautics and Space Council and of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunities. After Kennedy's assassination on Nov. 22, 1963, Johnson was sworn in as president and announced that he would strive to carry through Kennedy's programs. Congress responded to Johnson's skillful prodding by enacting an $11 billion tax cut (Jan., 1964) and a sweeping Civil Rights Act (July, 1964). In May, 1964, Johnson called for a nationwide war against poverty and outlined a vast program of economic and social welfare legislation designed to create what he termed the Great Society . Elected (Nov., 1964) for a full term in a landslide over Senator Barry Goldwater New Deal . A bill providing free medical care (Medicare) to the aged under Social Security was enacted, as was Medicaid; federal aid to education at all levels was greatly expanded; the Voting Rights Act of 1965 provided new safeguards for African-American voters; more money went to antipoverty programs; and the departments of

66. Lyndon B. Johnson--U.S. History Lesson Plan (grades 9-12)--DiscoverySchool.com
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67. Lyndon Baines Johnson
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Lyndon Baines Johnson was born in 1908. He was first elected to Congress in 1937 and reelected twice. When he set his sights on the U.S. Senate in 1940 he was defeated. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Johnson was the first member of the House to volunteer for active military duty. In 1949 he became a U.S. Senator and was elected its majority leader in 1955. Johnson sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1960, but lost to John F. Kennedy, who would offer him the vice president spot. In a close election, the Kennedy/Johnson ticket prevailed over Nixon/Lodge.
In 1963 Vice President Johnson was part of the motorcade traveling through Dallas, Texas when Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated Kennedy. Johnson, while aboard Air Force One, was sworn in as 36th president of the United States. His administration crafted and oversaw several great moments in American history, including civil rights efforts, the Great Society, and technological advances. These events were, to some degree, overshadowed by the poor economy, civil unrest, and the U.S involvement in the Vietnam War. Troubled by his rapidly declining public approval, he did not seek re-election.

68. Quotations From Lyndon Baines Johnson
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69. Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia: Lyndon B. Johnson
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Lyndon Baines Johnson became the 36th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES on the assassination of John F. KENNEDY in November 1963. A skilled promoter of liberal domestic legislation, he was also a staunch believer in the use of military force to help achieve the country's foreign policy objectives. His escalation of American involvement in the Vietnam War eroded his popular standing and led to his decision not to run for reelection to the presidency in 1968. Early Life Johnson was born on Aug. 27, 1908, near Johnson City, Tex., the eldest son of Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah Baines Johnson. His father, a struggling farmer and cattle speculator in the hill country of Texas, provided only an uncertain income for his family. Politically active, Sam Johnson served five terms in the Texas legislature. Lyndon's mother had varied cultural interests and placed high value on education; she was fiercely ambitious for her children. Johnson attended public schools in Johnson City and received a B.S. degree from Southwest Texas State Teachers College in San Marcos. He then taught grade school for a year in Cotulla before going to Washington in 1931 as secretary to a Democratic Texas congressman, Richard M. Kleberg.

70. Lyndon Johnson - Wikipedia
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lyndon Johnson Rank: Term of Office: November 22 January 20 Followed: John F. Kennedy Succeeded by: Richard Nixon Date of Birth Thursday August 27 Place of Birth: Gillespie County, Texas Date of Death: Monday January 22 Place of Death: Johnson City, Texas First Lady Claudia Alta Taylor ("Lady Bird") Profession teacher Political Party Democrat ... Hubert H. Humphrey Lyndon Baines Johnson August 27 January 22 ), often referred to as LBJ , was the 36th ( President of the United States . He took office after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy

71. Term-Papers.us - Lyndon Baines Johnson
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72. Essays And Essays Writing Essays On Presidential Studies (U.S.) - 175-015
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73. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project Encyclopedia: Lyndon Johnson
johnson, lyndon baines (19081973). Beyond their public differences over the USinvolvement in Vietnam, Martin Luther King, Jr. and president lyndon johnson
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Beyond their public differences over the U.S. involvement in Vietnam Martin Luther King, Jr. and President Lyndon Johnson also disagreed over the role of the Johnson Administration in dealing with America's racial crises. While King praised Johnson's policies addressing poverty and unemployment, he often questioned the motivations and speed with which the Johnson Administration pursued civil rights legislation. Johnson was born near Johnson City, Texas and was educated at Southwest Texas State Teachers College. In 1937, he won a seat in the House of Representatives and became a Senator, representing Texas, in 1948. In 1961, Johnson became Vice President under John F. Kennedy . When Kennedy was assassinated on 22 November 1963, Johnson assumed the Presidency. A landmark of Johnson's presidency was the Great Society Program. Initiated by Johnson in January 1965, this legislation aimed to alleviate poverty through programs for educational improvements, urban renewal, the development of impoverished areas, and crime prevention. Johnson believed this program would ultimately benefit the black community, but he told King and other civil rights leaders that he would have difficulty passing voting rights legislation. King disagreed and told Johnson that voting rights needed to be a priority.

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75. Lyndon B. Johnson State Park And Historic Site In Texas
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is in Gillespie County , between Fredericksburg and Johnson City, and contains 717.9 acres. Lyndon B. Johnson State Historical Park honors a native Texan who achieved the nation's highest office. To create the unique facility, friends of then President Johnson raised money to purchase property directly across the Pedernales River from the LBJ Ranch. In 1965, this land was accepted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and the park was opened in 1970. History: The park's location is historically significant since it is in the heart of the former President's home country. The area has been influenced by three major cultures: Native Americans, Spanish and German. Indians roamed the Hill Country first, leaving behind artifacts which tell of their nomadic life. The Spanish conquistadors followed, bringing a culture which was to endure to the present. German immigrants settled the Hill Country in the early 1800s and their descendants still call it home. Their culture has had a major impact on the development of the region and the park itself. All of these cultures are represented at the park. The 269-acre facility was officially dedicated in August 1970 in a ceremony attended by the Johnson family and a host of dignitaries. Since the dedication, the park has been expanded to approximately 732.75 acres.

76. Who2 Profile: Lyndon B. Johnson
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LYNDON B. JOHNSON 36th President of the United States Known as a politician's politician, Lyndon Baines Johnson had been a powerful member of the Democratic party for over a two decades when he challenged John Kennedy for the presidential nomination in 1960. Kennedy got the nod, and picked Johnson as his running mate. As fate would have it, Kennedy was killed on November 22, 1963 and LBJ became President. Easily re-elected in 1964, LBJ was able to pass sweeping social legislation including the the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. His decision to escalate American involvement in Vietnam, however, proved to be extremely unpopular. He chose not to seek another term and retired in 1969; he was succeeded by Republican Richard M. Nixon
Extra credit : Johnson married Claudia Alta Taylor , known as 'Lady Bird,' in 1934; they had two daughters, Lynda Bird (b. 1944) and Luci Baines (b. 1947)... After he became president, Johnson gave up alcohol and drank tea, Tab and Fresca... Like FDR and JFK before him, Johnson was sometimes called by his initials: LBJ. The Internet Public Library
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77. Lyndon Baines Johnson
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Lyndon Baines Johnson
OBJECTIVE:
At the conclusion of this lesson the student will be able to compare three explanations of Lyndon Johnson's actions as president based upon different biographical approaches.
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The figure of Lyndon Johnson continues to loom very large in both Texas and United States history. His impact upon the politics of the 1950s and 1960s can hardly be overestimated. He has been an object of fascination for biographers. Johnson's complexity, however, has meant that the task of biographers has not been easy. LBJ's character could not easily be summed up. In this lesson students compare three attempts to unravel the Johnson puzzle. The first attempt is by Doris Kearns. In Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream (Harper and Row, 1976) Kearns explains Johnson in terms of psychological insights. According to this account, Johnson was continually buffeted between "the impossible demands of an unyielding mother, love offered and then denied in seeming punishment; contempt for a father who had failed, admiration for a father who was a model for a Texas manhood; commanded to be what he could not be, forced to become what he was not." The second attempt is by Ronnie Dugger in

78. Lyndon B. Johnson
as lyndon baines johnson. His first personal contact with Vietnam came as Vice Presidentin May 1961, when Kennedy sent him to South Vietnam to show us support
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Photo from The White House Archives Few political figures have been so haunted by the specter of Vietnam as Lyndon Baines Johnson. His first personal contact with Vietnam came as Vice President in May 1961, when Kennedy sent him to South Vietnam to show U.S. support for Diem In November 1963, Kennedy was assassinated and Johnson succeeded him in the Presidency. His were the decisions that escalated Vietnam and involved the U.S. military beyond the point of no return. In 1964, he jumped at the opportunity awarded by the Gulf of Tonkin incident to ask Congress for sweeping powers in Southeast Asia. He would use those powers in 1965 to deploy the first American combat troops in South Vietnam and start retaliatory bombing raids against the North. However, Johnson's policy in Vietnam was, to a large extent, prisoner of domestic politics. Paradoxically, he worried about the opposite, i.e. that the effort in Vietnam would threaten his policies at home. One of his obsessions was the slowing of his " Great Society " programs due to the war's fiscal and political price tag. In 1964, election year, he toughened his stand in Vietnam in order to counterbalance Barry Goldwater's extremist campaign. In 1968, with the anti-war sentiment gaining momentum, Johnson could not bear the double pressure of waging a war and facing

79. Mrs. Lyndon Baines (Ladybird)
Roosevelt Memorial Foundation by Mrs. lyndon baines (Ladybird) johnson Do you rememberwhat Dr. Samuel johnson said about of Eleanor Roosevelt is not among us.
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A Tribute To Eleanor Roosevelt:
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by Mrs. Lyndon Baines (Ladybird) Johnson
Former First Lady, United States Of America April 9, 1964 For me, it is a great privilege to come here today and participate in this anniversary occasion. I met Eleanor Roosevelt first in print and admired her. I met her later in person and loved her. As she did to many very young and very timid Congressional wives, she extended her hand and hospitality to me...and Washington was warmer. I saw her last when she came to my home on February 12, 1962, the day the Commission on the Status of Women was organized under her chairmanship and her inspiration. She was 78. I have often thought how much she made those years count for her country. Nobody, said Marcus Aurelius, is either the better or the worse for being praised. We are engaged in an idle ceremony, which would have brought no comfort to Eleanor Roosevelt, if we come here merely to praise her great qualities and achievements. She does not need our praise. All of us are familiar with people who are the partisans of departed virtue, but are afraid to defend an unpopular truth today. Mrs. Roosevelt never stood with this timid company. Her conscience was her counselor, and she followed its commands with unfaltering courage. Nor did she really understand what people meant when they praised her for taking so many risks. She would have taken the greatest risk of all if she had remained silent in the presence of wrong. She would have risked the integrity of her soul.

80. Mrs. Lyndon Baines (Ladybird) Johnson
Of American Home Economics Association by Mrs. lyndon baines (Ladybird) JohnsonFormer First Lady All of us are acquainted with many women working at
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New Horizons For Women:
Address To The National Convention
Of American Home Economics Association

by Mrs. Lyndon Baines (Ladybird) Johnson
Former First Lady, United States Of America June 24, 1964 While we meet here on an evening in June, the horizons of women all over the world are widening from home to humanityfrom our private families to the family of man. A quiet revolution of emancipation has been taking place in the lives of women everywherefrom Detroit to Delhi. Millions of women have achieved the right to vote, to own property, to be educated. Technological marvels now can free women from the total bondage of home chores. You, as home economists, have helped to make it so. You have taught American women to master the intricacies of push-button washer-dryers, automatic ranges, and convenience foods. More and more, you will be exporting this know-how to other parts of the world. With these newly won rights and with a rising standard of living, women can move beyond the struggle for equal status and for material goods to the challenges and opportunities of citizenship. Increasingly, we are going to be concerned with what my husband calls "the Great Society"the quality of goals and the achievement of goals which will mean a better life for all. As American women, we hold a tremendous potential of strength for good. I do not refer to the sense of power that comes from flicking a switch or turning an ignition key. But to the force we exert when we mark a ballot, teach our children, or work for a better community.

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